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[Book on the configuration of the orb].

Title	[Book on the configuration of the orb].
Author	Dunash ibn Tamim, active 10th century.
Publication Place	[Seville?, Spain], [13--?] -
Subject	Islamic cosmology., Four elements (Philosophy)., Four elements (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy., Islamic cosmology--Early works to 1800., Physics--Early works to 1800., Physics.
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	25 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 235 x 165 (163 x 113) mm bound to 238 x 168 mm
Library:	Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID	793011034
Record ID	9948302563503681
Library Location	University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Notes	Ms. codex., Title and author identified by Taro Mimura, University of Manchester., Pagination: Paper, i (modern paper) + 25 + i (modern paper) leaves; [1-50]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Also modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. References in this record are to modern pagination., Layout: Written in 21 long lines., Script: Written in neat, Andalusian maghribi script in brown ink; pointed, partially vocalized., Decoration: Cosmological diagrams (p. 1, 5-6, 14-15, 18, 22, 35, 37, 39, 41-42, 46) and diagrams of lunar phases and eclipses (p. 10, 12, 16-17) in ink., Binding: Modern morocco with earlier blind-tooled morocco covers laid on new covers; manuscript has holes affecting small areas of text and has been extensively repaired., Origin: Likely copied in Andalusia, possibly in Seville, in the 14th century. \| Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. \| Arabic. \| Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, October 2002., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.
Sample Text	One of two known manuscripts of the Arabic original of the Book on the configuration of the orb, otherwise known through its use by Maimonides and through Latin translations, which are often attributed to the Abbasid court astrologer Māshāʼallāh. 14th-century copy of a 10th-century cosmological treatise with discussion of the theory of the four elements, meterology, geology, and astronomy, with the material on natural philosophy presented from an Aristotelian perspective. Manuscript is incomplete (25 chapters and parts of 4 additional chapters out of 39 in the complete work) and misbound; the correct order of pages is: p. 21-23, 1-2, 27-30, 23-26, 35-48, 11-12, 9-10, 13-14, 17-19, 7-8, 3-6, 15-16, 19-20, 31-34, and 49-50 (Taro Mimura).
Biyografi/Tarihçe	Student of Isaac Israeli, Jewish physician and philosopher in the Fatimid court (Taro Mimura).
Atıf Şekli	UPenn LJS 439.
Atıf Yapılan	Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 15-16 (LJS 439).
Tür	codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises, Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval.
Hakkında Yayınlar	Mimura, Taro. The Arabic original of (ps.) Māshā'allāh's Liber de orbe: its date and authorship. British journal for the history of science 48.2 (June 2015), 321-352.

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[Book on the configuration of the orb].

Author Dunash ibn Tamim, active 10th century.

Publication Place [Seville?, Spain], [13--?] -

Subject Islamic cosmology., Four elements (Philosophy)., Four elements (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy., Islamic cosmology--Early works to 1800., Physics--Early works to 1800., Physics.

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 25 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 235 x 165 (163 x 113) mm bound to 238 x 168 mm

Library Penn Libraries

Library Asset ID 793011034

Record ID 9948302563503681

Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Notes Ms. codex., Title and author identified by Taro Mimura, University of Manchester., Pagination: Paper, i (modern paper) + 25 + i (modern paper) leaves; [1-50]; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Also modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto. References in this record are to modern pagination., Layout: Written in 21 long lines., Script: Written in neat, Andalusian maghribi script in brown ink; pointed, partially vocalized., Decoration: Cosmological diagrams (p. 1, 5-6, 14-15, 18, 22, 35, 37, 39, 41-42, 46) and diagrams of lunar phases and eclipses (p. 10, 12, 16-17) in ink., Binding: Modern morocco with earlier blind-tooled morocco covers laid on new covers; manuscript has holes affecting small areas of text and has been extensively repaired., Origin: Likely copied in Andalusia, possibly in Seville, in the 14th century. | Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative. | Arabic. | Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, October 2002., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Sample Text One of two known manuscripts of the Arabic original of the Book on the configuration of the orb, otherwise known through its use by Maimonides and through Latin translations, which are often attributed to the Abbasid court astrologer Māshāʼallāh. 14th-century copy of a 10th-century cosmological treatise with discussion of the theory of the four elements, meterology, geology, and astronomy, with the material on natural philosophy presented from an Aristotelian perspective. Manuscript is incomplete (25 chapters and parts of 4 additional chapters out of 39 in the complete work) and misbound; the correct order of pages is: p. 21-23, 1-2, 27-30, 23-26, 35-48, 11-12, 9-10, 13-14, 17-19, 7-8, 3-6, 15-16, 19-20, 31-34, and 49-50 (Taro Mimura).

Biyografi/Tarihçe Student of Isaac Israeli, Jewish physician and philosopher in the Fatimid court (Taro Mimura).

Atıf Şekli UPenn LJS 439.

Atıf Yapılan Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 15-16 (LJS 439).

Tür codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises, Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, Medieval.

Hakkında Yayınlar Mimura, Taro. The Arabic original of (ps.) Māshā'allāh's Liber de orbe: its date and authorship. British journal for the history of science 48.2 (June 2015), 321-352.